سُورَةُ النَّبَإِ
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
ABOUT WHAT do they [most often] ask one another?
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عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
About the awesome tiding [of resurrection],
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ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ
on which they [so utterly] disagree.
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كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]!
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ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ
And once again: Nay, but in time they will come to understand!
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أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَٰدًۭا
HAVE WE NOT made the earth a resting-place [for you],
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وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًۭا
and the mountains [its] pegs?
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وَخَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا
And We have created you in pairs;
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وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًۭا
and We have made your sleep [a symbol of] death
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وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا
and made the night [its] cloak
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وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًۭا
and made the day [a symbol of] life.
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وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًۭا شِدَادًۭا
And We have built above you seven firmaments,
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وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًۭا وَهَّاجًۭا
and have placed [therein the sun,] a lamp full of blazing splendour.
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وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ مَآءًۭ ثَجَّاجًۭا
And from the wind-driven clouds We send down waters pouring in abundance,
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لِّنُخْرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبًّۭا وَنَبَاتًۭا
so that We might bring forth thereby grain, and herbs,
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وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا
and gardens dense with follage.
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إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتًۭا
VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time:
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يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًۭا
the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is sounded and you all come forward in multitudes;
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وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭا
and when the skies are opened and become [as wide-flung] gates;
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وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا
and when the mountains are made to vanish as if they had been a mirage.
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إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭا
[On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] –
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لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًۭا
a goal for all who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right!
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لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭا
In it shall they remain for a long time.
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لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًۭا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Neither coolness shall they taste therein nor any [thirst-quenching] drink –
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إِلَّا حَمِيمًۭا وَغَسَّاقًۭا
only burning despair and ice-cold darkness:
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جَزَآءًۭ وِفَاقًا
a meet requital [for their sins]!
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إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًۭا
Behold, they were not expecting to be called to account,
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وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابًۭا
having given the lie to Our messages one and all:
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وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ كِتَٰبًۭا
but We have placed on record every single thing [of what they did].
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فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا
[And so We shall say:] "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!"
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إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا
[But,] verily for the God-conscious there is supreme fulfilment in store:
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حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًۭا
luxuriant gardens and vinyards,
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وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًۭا
and splendid companions well matched,
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وَكَأْسًۭا دِهَاقًۭا
and a cup [of happiness] overflowing.
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لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًۭا
No empty talk will they hear in that [paradise], nor any lie.
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جَزَآءًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًۭا
[All this will be] a reward from thy Sustainer, a gift in accordance with [His Own] reckoning –
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رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًۭا
[a reward from] the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Most Gracious! [And] none shall have it in their power to raise their voices unto Him
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يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفًّۭا ۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًۭا
on the Day when all [human] souls and all the angels will stand up in ranks: none will speak but he to whom the Most Gracious will have given leave; and [everyone] will say [only] what is right.
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ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا
That will be the Day of Ultimate Truth: whoever wills, then, let him take the path that leads towards his Sustainer!
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إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًۭا قَرِيبًۭا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا
Verily, We have warned you of suffering near at hand - [suffering] on the Day when man shall [clearly] see what his hands have sent ahead, and when he who has denied the truth shall say, "Oh, would that I were mere dust...!"
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